Senate Rejects Law to Expand Background Checks

President Obama gives a statement after the Senate rejected a law to expand background checks for gun purchases.

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I ... the storm ... in response to too many tragedies ... including the shares of a United States Congresswoman ... Gabby Giffords ... was there to that ... in the murder of twenty ... innocent school children and their teachers ... this country took up the cause of protecting more more people find unbiased ... families that an old ... unspeakable grief ... summon the courage ... to petition their elected leaders ... I just to honor the memory of their children but ... to protect the lives of all of our children ... a few minutes ago ... a minority in the nuts etc ... decided ... it was all worth ... they blocked common sense gun reforms ... even Wall E's family is ... looked on from the seven yell ... by the less well known that ninety percent of the American people support universal background checks to make it harder for a dangerous person to buy them ... what about convicted felons ... people convicted of domestic violence ... people with a severe mental illness ... ninety percent of Americans support that idea ... most Americans ... think that sorted all ... a few minutes ago ninety percent of Democrats in the southern ... voted for that idea ... what is on the other ... because ninety percent of Republicans in the Senate just voted against that idea ...